Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Birth Name:

Clarence Alfred Gilyard

Birth Place:

Moses Lake, Washington, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Director

Won a Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best TV Supporting Actor for "Walker, Texas Ranger" in 1999
Won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "Walker, Texas Ranger" in 2000
Works with various local charities and developed a theatre program in South Africa
Joined the Sigma Chi fraternity at Sterling College
Started at the US Air Force Academy before transferring to Sterling College and later California State
Married Elena in 2001
First appeared in theatre before making his debut in the TV series "Diff'rent Strokes․"
Quote: "(On working with a theater program in South Africa): "I was aware that there was a depth, a width, a power in me and a resonance unique to my artistic voice, an African-American that I needed to identify so that I could be effective․""
Known for his roles as Conrad McMasters in "Matlock" and as James Trivette in "Walker, Texas Ranger․"
Appeared in a McDonald's commercial in 1987
Teaches in the College of Fine Arts Department of Theatre as an associate professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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